thank you very much, senator wyden. >> to be continued. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> senator always walking off with people's microphones. >> thanks, folks. >> thank you, again, senator wyden. i'm bill gale. my job is to introduce

we have senator wyden to provide alleges that perspective. where professor and touched t professor albert are back, a major step toward reform followed by a panel of experts to discuss the pros and cons of this approach. we will finish up today with doug holtz-eakin providing his views on the need and prospects for corporate tax reform. as we go to the program today encouraged the audience to use the hashtag life at urban when commenting on today's event. in addition for those viewing webcasts the want asked ask ques complacent those questions the e-mail to events at urban dot or g. we will have some modern to the mailbox so these questions can be folded into discussion. for people and audience here today there are comments cards under chairs the question to senator wyden. all the other q&a we will pass route a microphone. i think that's it for the housekeeping announcement i have so let me turn to a formal part of the program today and it is our keynote speaker senator ron wyden. senator wyden is a senior center from oregon having served ove

thank you very much, senator wyden. >> to be continued. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> ail he's the director of the burch chenner is research associate of the mber, in the tax world he's very well known as the former president of the national tax association, and he was deputy chief of staff at the joint committee on taxation in '92 when they did the landmark study of corporate tax incidents. beyond the economic -- beyond the nw

senator wyden is the senator from oregon. he is currently the ranking member of the senate finance committee that oversees federal tax, trade policy, social security, medicare and many other programs. senator wyden is known for his work ethic. for example, a couple years ago, senator wyden and i have more in common than a long standing interest. we both have degrees from the same university and play basketball. [applause] >> keeping this basketball analogy in perspective, i would say i think we have the nba all stars here of the tax reform debate here at urban and eric. each time i happen here it is more inflationary and we are now at the point where i can say my parents would have loved it and probably believed it. thank you for that. this program could not be more timely. we obviously have the administration saying that they are going to do tax reform by august and so i want to give you a little bit of a sense of how i think the debate will play out and then come around full circle to what i think is the prerequisite for do

thank you very much, senator wyden. >> to be continued. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >>> the national review is hosting a day long ideas summit in washington, d.c. and

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i ask unanimous consent to vacate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president and colleagues, today the senate turns to consider the nomination of seema verma to be the administrator of the centers of medicare and medicaid services. now i'd be the first to say that in coffee shops across the land, people are not exactly buzzing about the office known as c.m.s., but the fact is this is an agency that controls more than $1 trillion in health care spending every year. and even more important and more relevant right now, if confirmed and if trumpcare somehow gets rammed through the congress over loud and growing opposition, this is going to be the major issue on her plate right at the get-go. and i thought it would be useful, mr. president, to just give one example of the connection involved in this legislation. trumpcare cuts taxes for the special interests and the fortunate few

senator wyden. mr. wyden: thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me start, if i could, with lumber and forestry. mr. lighthizer, you know and we talked about in the office, this has been the longest running battle since the trojan war. it has gone on for decades and decades. the canadians have subsidized their stumpage. they've used special procedures to force our trade agencies to weaken trade remedy orders on soft wood lumber. i would like to hear specifically, 25 senators equal request divided between democrats and republican -- equally divided between democrats and republicans, have joined in effort to get the executive branch -- efforts to get the executive branch to be serious about this. i will tell you, i thought it was unfortunate that the president-elect missed an opportunity when prime minister trudeau was here, when he said, gee, all we need with canada is a tweak. how are you going to get tough with canada, with respect to softwood lumber? and finally ensure that our workers in these key industries that pay good wages get a fair sh

senator senator wyden is a senior senator from morgan having served over two decades. his currently the ranking member on the senate finance committee which oversees policies, trade policy, social security, social security, medicare and medicaid and others. he's known for his work ethic and commitment to developing bipartisan solutions traditions problem including broad-based tax reform. several years ago he teamed up to develop a tax reform that was analyzed to determine was revenue neutral. the bill was updated the senator coats they look for bipartisan solutions. we have more in common than a long-standing interest in tax. we both have degrees in an interest in basketball. so the senator is by far skilled player. to kick off the events will have remarks from senator ron white. [applause] >> keeping the basketball analogy in perspective i think we got the nba all-star sphere of the tax reform debate at urban. eric and mark is a wonderful crowd. thank you for the inflationary introduction. each time you you come here your introduction gets more inflationary. were now

and also we have one sponsored by senator wyden, s. 250, and he is the ranking member of the finance committee. these two are gaining support in the senate. and in particular, we're seeing more wisconsin partisan support in the senate -- bipartisan support in the senate than we've ever seen before. i think much of that has to do with the fact that members are now seeing that ipab is an imminent net and that they know that they need to protect their constituents who rely on the medicare program. so with that, i'm going to turn it over to our three experts who are also speaking on behalf of their medicare constituencies; physicians, patients and hospitals. they'll each present their perspectives, and then we'll open the floor for your questions. so let's begin. finish. >> thank you, mary, and thank you all for taking time to attend this discussion of this very important issue. as harry said, it's going to

. >> senator wyden? >> thank you, leader schumer and i want to pick up on the leader's point.

your leadership and senator wyden and senator cornyn. i have a really long name but what our 1100 members do is provide meals to adults, meals on wheels are terms you probably know better. our members helped enroll, low income seniors into medicare part d program years ago. and our members are very sensitive to issues that impact medicare because of the direct effect on participants. and for the past four years our association has passed resolutions supporting the repeal of the ipab. because ipab repeal is the only safe answer. ipab makes an unprecedented care taking key policy on payment rates and spending that were the purview of congress since 1965. it is a dangerous power grab by 15 unelected individuals with no guarantee of either consumer or patient prep zen tags on the board, andhe power could even be more concentrated ads recommendations only need to be approved bay simple quorum

wyden: i thank my colleague. we have heard republicans say repeatedly that anything they're going to do with medicare is not going to hurt today's enrollees or people nearing retirement. the fact is trumpcare hurts both. it's going to shorten the life expectancy of the medicare trust fund. and those older people -- i'll be curious when my colleague returns, i'd be very interested in what seniors in new hampshire who are 56 and 58 and walking on that economic tightrope are going to say. i thank my colleague. excellent presentation. mrs. shaheen: thank you. and thank you for your night to help as we try and prevent people across this country from losing their health care. mr. wyden: i thank my colleague. we're going to prosecute this cause together. the chairman of the finance committee has arrived. he has graciously said i can take maybe another five minutes or so of our time. i just want to, before we wrap up this part of our presentation, point out that we've outlined how people who are dealing with the conseque

. >> senator wyden? wyden: i want to pick up on the leaders point. this proposal is essentially reverse robin hood. what you have is hundreds of billions of dollars coming out of the pockets of working people and working families and it is transferred to the most fortunate in our country. and nothing illustrates that more clearly than the fact that the republican proposal gets rid of the additional payroll tax on high income people. everybody in america, when they get a paycheck, they have a medicare tax on it. the only people who are getting a tax reduction are the people who are the fortunate few who need another tax break the least. what the proposal does, and this is particularly striking is it , raids of the medicare trust fund of more than $125 billion, number one. and it shortens the life expectancy of the medicare trust fund for three years. so i think this is particularly important. finally, because this breaks a clear trump promise not to damage medicare. all through the campaign, then candidate trump, and you saw the commercial, said it wo

wyden: madam president, the mr. wyden: madam president, the being a hard numbers aren't wheh trump care and there is no sugar coating for the american people. 24 million americans get kicked off their insurance plans. $880 billion/friends medicaid in the first decade. a payday worth hundreds of billions of dollars goes out to the wealthiest and the special interests.d that's what's going to be draft if she is confirmed and if the bill passes. it is her nomination for debatea right now. we should make no mistake she is going to be in charge of the the specifics. if trump care passes under section 132, the new administrator would give states a green light to push in the a high risk for the historical record shows these high-risk pools are a failure when it comes to offering good coverage is affordable. the new administrator will be in charge of section 134 and could decide exactly how skimpy trump care plans and how much more it will be forced to pay out-of-pocket they would handle section 135 for health insurers for

senator wyden? >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me start, if i could, with lumber and forestry. this has been the longest running battle since the trojan war going on decades and decades. the canadians use special procedures to force our trade agencies to weaken trade remedy orders on soft wood lumber. i would like to hear specifically and 25 senators, equally divided by democrats and republicans, have joined in efforts to get the executive branch to be serious about this and i will tell you it is unfortunate the president-elect missed an opportunity when prime minister turdeu was here. how will you get tough with canada in regard to soft timber and make sure our workers in these areas get a fair shake and fair wage? >> senator, first of all i would say i have had a variety of issues with respect to canada that have been raised by senators. i have done around and been spoken and certainly this is at the top of the list but there have been a variety of things. i can there a number of issues we have to address. >> did you say thi

i know that senator wyden mentioned the importance of soft lumber to the state. it's also very important in the south. i think we are responsible for almost one out of every four parts of that trade opportunity. specifically, there's been some conversation about our position where there is a free trade agreement. some suggest we have a surplus. others say we do not. what is your position on that? >> with respect to a surplus with -- >> where we have a free trade agreement in place. >> if you analyze the sort of trade deficit situation with free trade agreements, you have maybe three categories, i would say. you have surpluses with canada, australia and singapore and then you have a bunch of countries where it kind of goes up and down, numbers aren't very large, then you have mexico and korea. those two are large deficit countries. so it kind of varies. with respect to some it's on that basis been effective. with regard to others it's been less effective. to me, when i look at deficits i try to ask myself what does it tell me about the rules of trade as they perta

oregon senator ron wyden, top democrat on the finance committee, spoke on the floor about the congressional budget office report showing 24 alien 24 million people will lose insurance coverage under the republican bill to repeal the affordable care act. he spoke about what he called care" to be cms administrator, who was confirmed by the senate monday. mr. wyden: the hard numbers are now in on trumpcare and there is no sugar coating them for the american people. 24 million americans get kicked off their insurance plans. $880 billion is slashed from medicaid in the first decade. a payday worth hundreds of billions of dollars goes out to the wealthiest and the special interests. that is what is going to be dropped on her plate if she is confirmed and if the bill passes. it is her nomination for debate right now. we should make no mistake that she is going to be in charge of the the specifics. if trumpcare passes under section 132, the new administrator would give states a greenlight to push sick patients in the high-risk pool when the historical record shows these high-risk pools are a failur

wyden: the hard numbers are now in on trump care hands there is no sugar coating them for the american people. 24 million americans get kicked off their insurance plans. $880 billion will be slashed from medicaid in the first decade. a payday worth hundreds of millions of dollars goes out to the wealthiest and the special interests. that is what is one to be dropped on her plate if she has confirmed the end of the bill passes. it is her domination for debate right now. we should make no mistake that she is going to be in charge of the specifics. if trump care passes under section 132, the new administration would be able to give states a green light to push sick patients into high risk pools when the historical record shows that these high risk pulls are a failure when it comes to offering good coverage that is affordable. the new administrator would be in charge of section 134 and could decide exactly how skimpy trump care plans would be and how much more americans would be forced to pay out-of-pocket for the care that they need. the new administrator would that pavedion 135 the way f

thank you, congressman roe, for your leadership, and senator wyden and senator cornyn. i'm bob blancato with the nutrition and aging service program. really long name, but what our 1100 members do is provide meals to older adults, home-delivered setting -- meals on wheels is a term you probably know better. our members helped enroll low income seniors into the medicare part d program a number of years ago, and our members are very sensitive to issues that impact medicare because of its direct effect on our participants. and for the past four years, our association has passed resolutions supporting the repeal of ipab. because ibe pab -- ipab repeal is the only same answer. key policy decision on rates and spending that were the purview of congress since 1965. it's a dangerous power grab by 15 unelected individuals with no guarantee of consumer or patient representation on the board, and the power could even be more concentrated as the recommendations only need to be approved by a simple majority of a quorum should they with be convened. ipab's reach is enormous, the enti

wyden: the hard numbers are now in on trump care hands there is no sugar coating them for the american people. 24 million americans get kicked off their insurance plans. $880 billion will be slashed from medicaid in the first decade. a payday worth hundreds of millions of dollars goes out to the wealthiest and the special interests. that is what is one

senatorwiden, welcome back-- wyden welcome back to the program. a quick question what is going on on the house side, that is a disclosure today that it was white house aidees who provided the house intelligence committee chairman or help provide him with surveillance reports on the trump campaign, trump transition. how do you see this affecting the ability of this investigation to go forward? >> judy, i would just say the new news in the house of representatives is really bizarre. and it seems to me the chairman over there, mr. nunes really doesn't have an occupation of credibility left. from all that we have been able to gather, he has sort of conveyed this impression that this information he got was from something like a whistle-blower, a real independent intelligence source. now it really looks like just plain old white house spin. >> woodruff: and we also learned today that it was individuals close to the president, steve bannon, the president's son in law jared kushner who were backing up these efforts, apparently, by the national security co

wyden: of course. if i could tell my colleague what the majority and the minority have agreed to is as soon as those consent requests are ready, then we will take a time out from my remarks and make sure that that matter is resolved. mr. president, as we wait for the matter senator cornyn has mentioned, i want to begin discussion of the nomination of dan coats to be the director of national intelligence. i have known senator coats for many years. he has been the lead cosponsor of the federal income tax reform proposal, the bipartisan federal income tax reform proposal that has been a special priority of mine, and i would just say to the president and colleagues i don't know of a single united states senator who does not like senator coats. he is honest, he is a straight shooter, he is gracious, so my remarks are not about my personal affection for senator coats. the reason i'm voting against the nomination is because of the matter that i just touched upon with the senator from texas, and that is for si

wyden: madam president, the mr. wyden: madam president, the being a hard numbers aren't wheh trump care and there is no sugar coating for the american people. 24 million americans get kicked off their insurance plans. $880 billion/friends medicaid in the first decade. a payday worth hundreds of

. >> thank you, again, senator wyden. i'm bill gale. my job is to introduce alan auerbach, the proverbial introduction of the person who needs no introduction. before i do that, i -- nor wyden mentioned the nba all-star metaphor, i just wanted to follow up on that, the score in the nba all-star game this year was 192-182. it was the highest scoring basketball game i think ever. we're hoping our speakers today don't take quite as much offense as the nba did, and we're hoping the speakers provide some defense as well. so we look forward to some very good discussions. alan is the robert d. burch professor of economics and law at university of california at berkeley. he's the director of the burch center research associate of the nber, in the tax world he's very well known as the former president of the national tax association, and he was deputy chief of staff at the joint committee on taxation in '92 when they did the landmark study of corporate tax incidents. beyond the economic -- beyond the narrow confines of the tax world, he is a lea

and also we have one sponsored by senator wyden, s.250. and he is the ranking member of the finance committee. these two are gaining support in the senate. and in particular we're seeing more bipartisan support in the senate than we've ever seen before. i think much of that has to do with the fact that members are now seeing that ipab is an imminent threat and they know they need to protect their constituents who rely on the medicare program. so with that i'm going to turn it over to our three experts who are also speak on behalf of their medicare constituencies -- physicians, patients and hospitals. they will each present their perspectives and then we will open the floor for your questions. let's begin with doctor valadka. >> thank you, mary. thank you for taking the time to attend this discussion of this very important issue. as mary said, it's going to become a lot more important in the coming years. so as she mentioned in the introduction, i'm a neurosurgeon. i treat medicare patients. and from that perspective i can tell that you ipa

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: mr. president, before he yields the floor, i want to commend my colleague from massachusetts for an excellent presentation. he has really outlined the a to z's with respect to what this issue is all about. i commend him and i also want to commend the ranking member of the committee, senator nelson, our colleague from florida, for their excellent job. mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent the technology fellow on my staff, christopher glenn be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of this congress. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. wyden: mr. president, before he leaves the floor, picking up on the remarks of our colleague from massachusetts, i'm particularly struck by the fact that i've always thought that it was a classic conservative principle to empower the individual, to empower the individual to make fundamental choices about what would be important to them and their family and th

chairman hatch, ranking member wyden, members of the committee, thank you for inviting her today. it is a pleasure to be here with my friend and colleague, senator todd young, to recognize this important accomplishment of a fellow hoosier. as you know any kind of president nominates an individual for a leadership position in our government, it is an honor and reflection of the tremendous trust and respect he has in that person. for this reason i'm pleased to be here today to help recognize ms. seema verma for her nomination to be the next administrator of the centers for medicare and medicaid services, cms, and introduce her to this committee for your consideration. i've always felt a personal belief that we accomplish more when we work together. in indiana we call that hoosier commonsense. in working collaboratively to help hoosiers get access to quality health care, is something ms. verma and i have had the opportunity to do together. as many of you all are already aware, ms. verma has played a central role in crafting medicaid policy in many states, including our own. in indian

. >> center wyden said so is that close enough? >> the committee looks as if there are any types of relationships. >> even before we started this investigation that this president like all candidates should be able to release their tax returns. >> so do they have those resources? >> we will not get into the names on our list but i can assure you it is lengthy mark and i both agreed we're willing to issue subpoenas it is tough to make the u.s. -- subpoena god of the united states we understand the limitations but we're tapping into everything how we increase our reach to get intelligence that is pertinent to the investigation. >> have you coordinated with of white house that all? >> no, sir. it is the relationship and the trust that we have i have been constantly impressed but so many committee members of both sides it is not only our relationship but the fact they have our back. >> can you speak to the level of satisfaction about the integrity of the committee have it is working and its functions? >> not only for the first time hav

senator wyden: great. thank you, mr. chairman. senator burr: senator cornyn. senator cornyn: thank you for coming here testifying. i think people know more what we are talking about than they actually do so i'd like to get basic maybe for my benefit and maybe some other things will learn as well but i think we referred to something that's called spearphishing and so i'd like to have one of you explain what that is. let me just tell you, by the way, occasionally my junk email box on my personal email, i'll get emails that purport to be from the f.b.i. director or the army chief of staff, mt now th army chief of staff, or maybe from apple telling me i need to reset my password or from google saying i need to execute some sort of maneuver. and then there's a link for me to click on. is that what is commonly known as spearphishing and once you click on that link then they basically can take over your machine? >> yeah, you basically got that right. we did nearly 1,000 investigation noose computer intrusions and we have a skewed vice president because no one hires u

wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: before he leaves the floor, let me thank my friend from illinois for his very, very thoughtful and warm remarks around somebody that we all admired very much, ed greelegs. i remember so many times talking to him about the rights of seniors and, you know, a lot of us who thought we knew something about the subject didn't know half of what ed did. and this was a guy with a really razor-sharp mind, but he had an even bigger heart and particularly a heart for people without clout and power, and i don't think it was an accident that he gravitated to the senior senator from illinois, i might add as well, so i thank my friend for your very gracious remarks about somebody we all admired very much. mr. president, i'm here this afternoon because from the people who brought us trumpcare that was so favorable to the fortunate few and the special interests now comes legislation that's going to make it harder for working people and working families to save for their own retirement. kind of p

oregon democratic senator ron wyden is calling for u.s. treasury secretary steven mnuchin to face a government ethics violation investigation after mnuchin told parents to "send all your kids to "lego batman," a film that was financed by one of mnuchin's companies. in a letter to office of government ethics director walter shaub, senator wyden called the comments troubling and wrote -- "i am concerned that sec mnuchin's comments may be seen to have a predictable effect on the financial interests of the entity. i request that you review sec mnuchin's comments and report any findings to me and the treasury department." in a historic moment in britain's history, prime minister theresa may has officially begun the process of written leaving the european union known as brexit. this morning, british diplomat handed the letter to donald tusk, the president of the european council. the letter known as article 50 will now trigger two years of negotiations about the terms of britain's departure from the european union. the first minister of scotland

i spent a lot of time cutting deals with senator kennedy and senator wyden as well as senator daschle. everything doesn't have to be a fight. i understand politics is politics, but health care is a massive part of our economy and you're not going to get a far left single-payer and you won't get health savings accounts on the rational discussion generally comes about what we have marginally. academically at the great -- it would be great to design a new system, but it is not going to happen. we marginally make it better by the day. host: only about a minute left, your predictions of what happens with health care overhaul in the trump administration. reports coming out that house republicans may not be done with the repeal and replace efforts. the house gop may be another try these thingst: always go down once or twice. the george bush no new taxes blew up before it pass. this is a giant budget bill and i think republicans ran for eight years on repeal and replace and will have to do something. the conservatives who didn't like it, they don't have a lot of options. it will probably go t

. >> coming up on c-span to will hear from ron wyden. a former congressional budget office director and other experts on corporate tax policy. later some some highlights from last weekend's conservative political action conference in national harbor maryland. first capitol hill. floor votes on defense spending for this year. >> one of the headlines is help details emerge over secret drafts. kelly joins us who is a reporter for look at the health care bill. we might look at it is the wrong or because not many are getting a look at it. the republican plan to repeal and replace what can you tell us about the status and when will be committees be marketed up? >> they are revising this legislation they'll be used to repeal and replace the affordable care act.

one s. 260 by the republican whip and also we have one sponsored by senator wyden and it is by the ranking member of the finance committee. they are getting support in the senate and in particular, we are seeing more bipartisan support in the senate an than we have er seen before. i think much of that has to do with the fact that members are now seeing that ipab is an eminent threat and they know they need to protect their constituents that rely on the medicare program. with that, i'm going to turn over to the experts are also speaking on behalf of the medicare constituencies. physicians, patients and hospitals. they will each present their perspectives and then we will open up the floor for questions. let's begin with doctor blaneato. >> thank you for taking the time to attend this discussion on this important issue. it's going to become more important in the coming years. succumb as she mentioned i am a neurosurgeoneurosurgeon and i tt medicare patients and from that perspective i can tell you that ipab is one of the most insidious parts of the affordable care act and it needs to go. now

. >>> senator ron wyden, senior democrat on the senate finance committee, talks now about possible changes to corporate tax policy proposed by president trump. also, a panel on corporate taxes and remarks from douglas holtz aiken, economist and former congressional budget office director under the george w. bush administration.

. : >> >> it is in funny during my confirmation, as senator wyden had the rule that what i was in very good company sold i am quite honored he has created a rule but if the president's objective is the cut would become not with the tax plan put wheeler aware of distribution in the primary focus is the tax cut for middle income so that is where we're going. >> so that statement when you enacted your rule to say in reduction of the upper income tax there is no absolute tax cuts for the upper class. that may not be an absolutely feasible. >> but we are working toward that as a goal. and is that the direction we're going? absolutely'' not the mnuchin rule but it isn't calculated to the decimal. [laughter] >> mr. secretary the world economy. >> and one good thing is that there never good at predicting so i think we're in the environment now where we are set for additional growth in the united states. and you can see by the rise in u.s. doc market relative to europe and the rest of the world the one thing would be the risk of terrorism or something else that is part of the reasons why the pr

. >> senator wyden says he's introducing legislation to protect american citizens in these cases. the incident involving shibly and mccormack is being investigated by dhs inspector general. homeland security told us they're merely adapting to new intelligence threats and say electronic searches apply to less than 1% of travelers. lester? >> this happens at land crossings and airports? >> absolutely. >> all right, cynthia mcfadden, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, keeping you healthy. we look at a promising new treatment for arthritis, especially in women. >>> also, the very close call as a cruise ship bears down on the patrol boat trying to rescue a pair of stranded jet skiers. >>> we're back now with important health news for the one in four americans who suffers from arthritis. for many the condition is so painful it limits their daily activities. but there's a new treatment for a common form of arthritis that can hit women especially hard. nbc's kristen dalgren has the first report in our series "keeping you healthy." >> reporter: every step is a victory for nichelle perry.

thank you very much, senator wyden. >> to be continued. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> ail he's the director of the burch chenner is research associate of the mber, in the tax world he's very well known as the former president of the national tax association, and he was deputy chief of staff at the joint committee on taxation in '92 when they did the landmark study of corporate tax incidents. beyond the economic -- beyond the narrow confines of the tax world, he is a leader in our profession in numerous honors and awards, the editor of not just one, but of two top journalists in economics. on top of that, i've been the great beneficiary, co-author with alan on many occasions. today, he's going to talk about the destination-based cash flow tax, a proposal for which he's done much of the heavy lifting and main proponent and we can all benefit from his explanation of how it works, why it is a good idea, and what some of the issues are and how they can be addressed. so alan, i'll turn it over to you. thank you. [ applause

. >> senator wyden says he's introducing legislation to protect american citizens in these cases. the incident involving shibly and mccormack is being investigated by dhs inspector general. homeland security told us they're merely adapting to new intelligence threats and say electronic searches apply to less than 1% of travelers. lester? >> this happens at land crossings and airports? >> absolutely. >> all right, cynthia mcfadden, thank you. >>> still ahead tonight, keeping you healthy. we look at a promising new treatment for arthritis, especially in women. >>> also, the very close call as a cruise ship bears down on the patrol boat trying to rescue a pair of stranded jet skiers. with help from our advisor, we made it through many market swings. sure we could travel, take it easy... not when we've got so much more to give when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise tech: at safelite, we know how busy your life can be. mom: oh no... tech: this mom didn't have time to worry about a crack